PhD
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Note from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
I finished reading Fyodor Dostoevsky’s ‘Notes from Underground’ and am enamored by his writing style. The book has the power to fascinate, worry and move. Dostoevsky was imprisoned and exiled for alleged subversion against Tsar Nicholas. Hence, the dark and dramatic novel appears to be inspired by his own experiences. The novel starts with a…
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Haircut
I’m not very picky about my haircuts. I usually visit a barbershop when my hair starts getting in my eyes. One morning, I decided to try out a fancy salon. It was early in the morning, so the owner – who himself was bald- did my haircut. I was really happy with the result, so…
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OPEN LETTER
Dear future wife, I wish I can call you by name. Such a terribly cold and lonely night and I am thinking of you. I wonder if you like to stay up late night or wake up early in the morning. I can’t even guess how you look like, what language you speak and what…
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I am alone Are you alone too? Let’s get alone together and order drinks for two
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WOMAN OBSERVED AT BATLA HOUSE*
She appeared- as my hope for the colors of the ghetto’s narrow labyrinthine lane a noisy dullness- teeming with men and veiled women Her white scarf- green-blue flowers and fringes draped over her head and shoulder A jacket- dark blue A long skirt- kaleidoscopic print over pale white The stalls- selling clothes, bangles and other…
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AFTER CHINESE POETS
Wandering Aimlessly Alone Melancholy of the penniless lover- endless and unexpressed- burning in isolation will consume him someday. And how sad to think that the ashes of that fire will disappear like ordinary dust.